NMSU Trip and Two New Birdies

Written on 9-28-14.

    Well, what a wonderful visit.  It was fantastic to see all of our children, all four of them. We hung out, we ate together, we played a large amount of volleyball together, and we took in a volleyball match, too, NMSU vs. Bakersfield from California.  The Lady Aggies squeaked one out, barely winning the fourth set to force the fifth where they then won handily 15-8.
    Now, it’s back to the two of us again, driving back home alone.  Sigh.  I am happy, of course, to be with Belinda only again, but I miss our children, too.  I pause as I write to look up through our new moon roof.  Clouds are drifting by and blocking out the sun, so it looks more like a bright yellow circle cut out of the sky.  We’re getting closer.  It’s that part of the road trip where...

Ray Torres Fundraiser-The Conclusion

Written on 9-24-14.

I stopped last time at hole #14, so what follows are the final holes.

#15-We had two drives that ended up on the higher and farther tier of this fairway.  One of them was mine, but that was not my intended target.  I was going for the green, but my tee shot curved from left to right instead, a monster of a slice.  From the fairway, Damon and I had decent shots.  They both ended up on the green, but Damon’s approach left us with the best chance for a birdie.  I am uncertain as to who made the putt.  I think it was me.  It doesn’t matter.  We got another one.  Eight under.

#16-Nothing exciting here.  We were on the green, but nobody made the putt for birdie.  Still eight under.

#17-I was telling everyone how Bruce plays this hole every time.  I was certain Dan could get a tee shot up there, but I wasn’t so sure Ron or Damon could.  Anyway, after telling them about how Bruce gets a par or a birdie consistently on this hole by driving it between the first set of trees and then over the second set, I...

Ray Torres Fundraiser Tournament-Part 2

Written on 9-18-14.

    It’s commercial time for The Biggest Loser, one of my favorite shows.  The farewell season of our family’s favorite show, Parenthood, begins next Thursday.  Speaking of family, we are going to visit our children for the first time this school year next Friday.  We are all so excited to be reunited.  I am betting that next week will crawl along like the caterpillar that was found on one of the coat hooks in my classroom this afternoon.  So excited to see them.  Can’t wait.
    
Back to the golf…

#8-I had the longest drive, a gutsy one considering everyone else had fared poorly.  It was long and up the left side, and it ended up just past the ditch where it curves away towards the pro shop.  Damon had the better pitch onto the green, but mine was a close second choice.  Ron backed up his previous birdie putt with a downhill putt that leveled out at the hole.  Three under.

#9-My drive was fine, but Dan hit a low shot that bore over the teeing area on #12.  I felt certain it wouldn’t make it past the o.b., but it did without a problem.  Ron called the pro shop for a proper ruling on whether we could take it out of that rough area and drop farther back.  He said we...

Ray Torres Fundraiser Tournament-Part 1

Written last night.

    It’s harder to find time to write during the school year.  I do everything I can to be the best and most professional teacher I can be, so that takes time away from my personal writing.  Because of that, I’m going to get “write” to the golf this time.
    When I earned that birdie on hole #6 and went on that birdie, par, par, par run that ended up being the difference in the match with C.J. and I against Bruce and Reilly, it was mostly with thanks to Bruce, although he didn’t know it. 
    He had graciously kept one of my inappropriately titled golf balls in his bag after finding it on the course weeks earlier.  I believe it was that ball that...